Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Colorado SPH,
Below is an article from our guest speaker tomorrow, Kyla Retzer, along with EOH adjunct faculty Dr. Michael Kosnett. Tomorrow's…
Below is an article from our guest speaker tomorrow, Kyla Retzer, along with EOH adjunct faculty Dr. Michael Kosnett. Tomorrow's…
While oil and gas extraction is known to be a high-risk industry for worker and health safety, specific areas of concern are…
Retweeted APHA (@PublicHealth): Oil and gas extraction workers are at high risk of death from hydrocarbon gases
Health care professionals need to be aware of the risks to oil and gas extraction workers related to exposure to high…
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6501a2.htm?s_cid=mm6501a2_e
Start with toxicological evaluation and determination of a safe dose for occupational exposure. Then meause if the exposure at…
Medical examiners and coroners investigating worksite fatalities should be aware exposure to hydrocarbon gases
Medical examiners and coroners investigating worksite fatalities should be aware exposure to hydrocarbon gases
Remember the BLACK GOLD BOOM story about Dustin Bergsing, the 21-year-old well watcher who suffocated to death in North Dakota?
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
"Only one of the nine workers was known to have been provided a respirator, but fit-testing had not occurred, and the air-purifyi…
Health care professionals need to be aware of the risks to oil and gas extraction workers related to exposure to high…
Opening thief hatches and manual gauging or sampling from hydrocarbon-containing tanks, outdoors in nonconfined spaces, is…
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
During January 2010–March 2015, at least nine deaths of oil and gas workers occurred in the United States, with exposure to…
During January 2010–March 2015, at least nine deaths of oil and gas workers occurred in the United States, with exposure to…